Drawer guard



March 12, 1929. CH. ,1. DILG 1,704 964.

DRAWER GUARD Filed Sept 10, 1927 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES I 1,704,964 arsi rr csi CHARLES H. J. DILG, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

Y DRAWER GUARD.

Application filed September 10, 1927. Serial No. 218,625. i

drawers, particularly such articles as papers and documents, are displaced from drawers andlost within the waste spaces of the cabinet. This occurs most easily when the drawcr is full of papers, sothat tlie'natural elasticity of the pile of paper carries theuppermost one against the surfaces next above the drawer. If these surfaces are the top of the deck or the bottom of a superposed drawer, it may easily happen that the friction of the paper against the surface drags it out of the drawer in the course of opening of the drawer, and it falls down into spaces at the back and is thereby lost or misplaced.

lifly invention provides a drawer guard, adapted to cooperate witha drawer to prevent the occurrence of such mischance. It comprisesa guard plate, preferably of sheet metal, or of wire, pivoted within the drawer, and provided in some embodiments with a spring to raise it to an elevated position where it will be out of the way as much as possible.

The contents of the drawer may then be .posi- V travel of thedrawer beyon-da reasonable fortioued' under the guard and when so placed are held and prevented from being unintentionally pushed out of the drawer by any mischance. H

Other objects and structural details of my 7 invention will be apparent from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a desk having a drawer equipped with the guard of my invention; 7

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same ems bodiment, and

Fig. 3 is a developed view of the sheet metal guard member of the same embodiment.

Referring tothe drawings, a desk consist ing of a top member 1, upright members 2, and panel members 3 may be provided with drawers 4 and 5. Within the drawers, the guard member of my invention may desirably be positioned.

The guardmember 6 is desirably formed of sheet metal as shown in Fig. 3 and may 1 consist of a flat portion .aszshown, with end members are desirably bent along the lines 9 so that they assume positions parallel to each other, and at right angles to the fiat por tion. The length of the flat portion or, cross member is desirably adpisted to be substantially that of the inside width of the drawer,

and appropriate pivots, which maybe wood screws 11, are provided, passingthrough the pivot holes 8 into wood of the sides of the drawers.v Slots 12 and stops 14, which may also be wood screws may be provided to limit theupward and downward motion of the guard. A spring 15 may desirably be pro-v vided to hold the guard in appropriate operative position;

The guard members may vary in number ace rding to the requirements imposed. A gi'iard 6 is desirably provided at the rear of the drawer, and equipped with spring 15 and stop members 12 and M as indicated.

vi hen so provided the guard is held infa 'sed position, with the edge of the flat portion against the surface under which it moves,

and accordingly no crevice is left'through which papers can pass and be lost. A second similar guard may desirably be provided at the front end of "the drawer, if it is antici- Jated that large numbers of papers will be stored therein.

The rear guard 6 isalso adapted to perform the additional function ofv a stop, to preveir ward distance, so that there is no dangerof falling out with its contents, and that no undue strains are imposed upon the furniture by. lever effect of the unsupported portion of the drawer when fully opened.

In the operation of my device, the papers may be passed backward into the drawer-and under the rear guard 6. The spring 15 holds the guard upward against the, adjacent su tentionally since it comes in contact with a remove the drawer, the guard 6 maybe pulled downward by hand, below the level of the drawer, whereafter the drawer may be removed in the usual way, and thereafter replaced by merely inserting the drawer in; the

gu1des.

The drawer may be filled with papers and documents, and the guard. serves to prevent loss into the waste spaces of the desk. wise a front guard may be prov1ded which may or may not have a spring'lfi and stop members 12 and l-fl corresponding to the back guard. lhe front guard maybe swung upwerd,and the papers packed within the drawer in the usual fashion, whereafter the guard may be swung downward, below the level of the drawer, compressing the papers i nto'a desirably small bulk. lhe front guard may then be held manually in place, and the dI'ZtVV-r er closed. i Vhen so closed, the front guard prevents the papers rising to the point of being caught behind the strip .16. Fhey are thus protected against erumpling and displacement wh1ch otherwise occur if they are not held below the level of thedrawer.

applied to the slide of a desk or to a plurality of drawers therein when one drawer is situated below the other; And I desire, there-" fore, that only such limitations shall be imposed upon the claims hereafter appended as are required the prior art. I

I claim as my invention Likemy signature.

1. In combination, a cabinet, a drawer therein and a guard therefor comprising a transverse sheet metal strip pivoted to the rear part of thedrawer with its free edge in proximity to the surfaceabove the drawer, said the latter being pivoted tothe side walls of the drawer adjacent the end thereof,.the di mension of said transverse member in the direction of the length of the drawer being slight drawer.

2. lncombination, a cabinet, a drawer therein and, a guard therefor comprising a erse member pivoted to'the' rear part plane of the side walls of the drawer, said member being so placed as to span the space between the rear wall of the drawer and the surface of the cabmet above the drawer and to contact with the drawer guide; of said cabinet to act a stop for retaining the draw er against removal.

strip having depending end pieces and as compared to the length of the 1e drawer with its free edge above the fills combination, a cabinet, a. drawer therefor and aguard for said drawer comprising a transverse member pivoted to the rear part of the drawer with its free edge in proximity to the surface of the cabinet above the drawer, said member beingjso placed as e to span the, space between said surface and the rear wall of the drawer."

1, In combination, a cabinet, a drawer therefor and a guard for said'drawer comprising a transverse member pivoted to the roar part of the drawer with its free edge in proxin'iity to the surface of the cabinet above said drawer, said member being arranged to span the spacebetween said surface and the rear wall of the drawer, and spring means fog holding said member in proximity to the surface of the cabinet above the drawer.

In witness whereof,l hereunto subscribe I CHAS, n. ,J. DILG. 

